GySgt Wayne A. Ekblad 844891 <div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-53149"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fhave-you-participated-in-the-talisman-sabre-biennial-exercise%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Have+you+participated+in+the+%27Talisman+Sabre%27+biennial+exercise%3F&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fhave-you-participated-in-the-talisman-sabre-biennial-exercise&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0AHave you participated in the &#39;Talisman Sabre&#39; biennial exercise?%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/have-you-participated-in-the-talisman-sabre-biennial-exercise" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="9fa85d29b62116c29a7e51b7bad1353b" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/053/149/for_gallery_v2/9bbe5a81.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/053/149/large_v3/9bbe5a81.jpg" alt="9bbe5a81" /></a></div></div>More than 33,000 U.S. and Australian troops took part in Talisman Sabre, a biennial exercise that involved 21 ships including the aircraft carrier George Washington and the landing helicopter dock Bonhomme Richard’s expeditionary strike group.<br /><br />Held from July 4-19, the exercise occurred as U.S. allies confront an increasingly aggressive China, which is building man-made islands in the South China Sea as part of its effort to push its territorial claims into waters that countries such as the Philippines and Vietnam believe belong to them.<br /><br />China’s reported belligerence has forced Japan to review its role in the world. Japan’s constitution drafted after World War II renounces war. In this year’s Talisman Sabre exercise, sailors with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force participated as embedded units within the U.S. military.<br /><br />Read more at ...<br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.militarytimes.com/story/military/2015/07/26/talisman-sabre-trying-deter-china/30574725/">http://www.militarytimes.com/story/military/2015/07/26/talisman-sabre-trying-deter-china/30574725/</a> <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/018/763/qrc/635732575784165837-Talisman-Sabre-ships.jpg?1443049506"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://www.militarytimes.com/story/military/2015/07/26/talisman-sabre-trying-deter-china/30574725/">Talisman Sabre: Trying to deter China</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">More than 33,000 U.S. and Australian troops took part in Talisman Sabre, a biennial exercise that involved 21 ships including the aircraft carrier George Washington and the landing helicopter dock Bonhomme Richard’s expeditionary strike group.</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> 2015-07-26T12:28:55-04:00 GySgt Wayne A. Ekblad 844891

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2015-07-26T12:28:55-04:00 2015-07-26T12:28:55-04:00 Maj Private RallyPoint Member 844978

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I participated in TS 07. Good exercise. Cold and wet. Remember July is the middle of winter in Aust.

2015-07-26T13:47:11-04:00 2015-07-26T13:47:11-04:00 Cpl Lance Feider 845068

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>My unit was involved in TS11 in both Japan and Australia. Unfortunately I had moved from Ordnance to HazMat but got to explore some cool places while we were in country.

2015-07-26T14:41:37-04:00 2015-07-26T14:41:37-04:00 LCDR Private RallyPoint Member 845226

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I have a couple times from at sea and from Guam

2015-07-26T16:00:12-04:00 2015-07-26T16:00:12-04:00 MAJ Private RallyPoint Member 845862

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Was this Tandum Thrust before?

2015-07-26T21:16:47-04:00 2015-07-26T21:16:47-04:00 MAJ Private RallyPoint Member 855578

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I was there for TS11 near Randwick. Awesome experience and would gladly do it again. Expecially with the team I operated with down there.

2015-07-30T16:58:49-04:00 2015-07-30T16:58:49-04:00 2015-07-26T12:28:55-04:00